Locals have the chance to return to the old days of swimming on the Gorge this Sunday, like Jack WellburnB次元官网网址檚 family did 90 years ago.

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Wellburn has kept a polar bear charm from a 1945 Christmas Day swim in the Inner Harbour when he was 15 years old.

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The Gorge Swim Fest takes place at three locations on Aug. 12  from noon to 4 p.m.: Banfield Park (in Vic West), Gorge Park (at Curtis Point in Saanich), and Gorge-Kinsmen Park (in Esquimalt).

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